statued

American  

[stach-ood] / ˈstætʃ ud /

adjective

1. having or ornamented with statues.

   a statued avenue.

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statued British  

/ ˈstætjuːd /

adjective

1. decorated with or portrayed in a statue or statues

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Other Word Forms

• unstatued
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of statued

First recorded in 1800–10; statue + -ed ³

Example Sentences

He preached long sermons to his family, cautioned them against frivolity, forbade music, tabued games, and constantly spoke of the tongue as "the unruly member."

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors by Hubbard, Elbert

A great number of the flying-fox, or vampire bat, hung from the casuarina trees in this enclosure, but the natives interposed to prevent our firing at them, the place being tabued.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 539, March 24, 1832 by Various

The writings of Mazzini had been constantly distributed and circulated, and the fact that they were tabued by the government added to the joys of the illicit.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers by Hubbard, Elbert

The Walpi for a long time frowned down all attempts on the part of the Hano to fraternize; they prohibited intermarriages, and in general tabued the Hano.

From A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 by Nichols, Henry Hobart

She wore no jewels, as she clung to the rigorous law of her youth which had tabued the vulgar display of anything but pearls in the daytime.

From Black Oxen by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn